The most critical part of wind electric generators is the height of the tower. As you go up you get more wind. However, building tall towers is expensive. Therefore, it is a good idea to multi purpose tall towers and buildings to harvest wind energy. I propose specially designed vertical wind turbines to be mounted on top of suitable towers and buildings. When build with composite materials and in smaller dimensions they would have minimal effect on the existing structures. As I had proposed in my earlier articles, special design of the vertical turbine reduces its weight on the structure as the wind speed increases.
Suspension bridges cost billions and have very tall towers. Perfect for vertical wind turbines to harvest more energy which would contribute positive to the income of the bridge.
Wind Energy Industry needs innovative players like Apple and SpaceX to come up with innovative designs that are deployed in large numbers. At the moment majority of the deployments are the very same design.
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